1,000 flags to be retired on Veterans Day

MISHAWAKA -- A thousand United States flags will be retired in a public Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 at The Res, a youth camp and nature preserve southeast of Capital Avenue and Lincoln Way East.

The event at the park's Dave Norris Amphitheater will begin at 6 p.m. as the Mishawaka Fire Department's color guard posts the colors for the evening and hosts the first hour.

The flag-retiring ceremonies will go on until midnight, hosted each hour by the following groups: Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 360 at 7 p.m., Mishawaka Kiwanis Club at 8 p.m., Mishawaka Police Department at 9 p.m., and Boy Scout Troop 122 at 10 and 11 p.m.

The Res and Mishawaka Lions Club are hosting the event. Goodwill Industries of Michiana will donate the 1,000 weathered flags.

Attendees are invited to bring their own U.S. flags that need to be retired. New flags will be available for purchase.

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Donations of nonperishable food items are requested for the Penn Township Food Pantry. Coffee and hot chocolate will be served at the Kiwanis Cabin.

Entrance to The Res will be via a temporary road immediately south of the railroad tracks on Capital. Look for a big, yellow-arrow sign near "The Res" sign.